1.   Another senior junta member, Capt. Saint Cyr Djikalou, also defected, Sama said.

2.   Sama said another senior junta member, Capt. Saint Cyr Djikalou, had also defected.

3.   Senior junta member Capt. Saint Cyr Djikalou was among those to turn against Guei, said Sama, who also defected.

4.   He was reportedly unsuccessful, however, in attempts to see senior junta figure Lieutenant-General Khin Nyunt, the head of military intelligence.

5.   A delegation of leading Japanese business firms met senior Burmese military junta members on Wednesday to discuss investment opportunities in Burma, state-run Radio Rangoon reported.

6.   A parcel bomb exploded at the home of a senior Burmese junta leader, Tin Oo, killing one person, officials and diplomats said Monday.

7.   A senior Burmese junta member met UN assistant secretary general for political affairs Alavaro de Soto on Saturday following his discussions with the opposition, official sources said.

8.   A visiting delegation of Australian entrepreneurs met senior Burmese junta members in Rangoon on Tuesday to discuss investment opportunities in the country, state-run Radio Rangoon reported.

9.   Amnesty International has hailed the meeting in Rangoon between leading opposition figure Aung San Suu Kyi and senior junta generals while repeating its call for her release.

10.   But since her release she has met no senior junta generals, a sign the historic discussions aimed at national reconciliation have stalled.